CVE-2006-0020

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0020
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-10 21:03:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-12 21:38:00 UTC
DescriptionAn unspecified Microsoft WMF parsing application, as used in Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4, and 5.5 SP2 on Windows Millennium, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute code via a crafted WMF file with a manipulated WMF header size, possibly involving an integer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4560, and aka "WMF Image Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All fr
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All fr
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server r2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server sp1 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server r2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server sp1 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 tablet_pc All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#312956 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
22976 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-045A -- Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Player, and Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
404 Not Found MLIST linuxbox.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-004 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Internet Explorer WMF Image Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Internet Explorer WMF Image Parsing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Avaya Products WMF Image Parsing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx CONFIRM www.microsoft.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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